A diabetic man who was arrested earlier this year on suspicion that he used his insulin to drug and rape a woman has been arrested again.

Frederick Lawrence Allen's latest arrest -- which occurred while he was out on bond in the sexual assault case -- is on suspicion of driving under the influence and tampering with the interlock device placed on his truck after previous DUIs.

Boulder police pulled over Allen, 32, around 11:30 p.m. Monday after employees of the Bustop strip club, 4871 N. Broadway, called to say a patron had refused an offer of a cab after drinking three double whiskeys in an hour and a half.

According to a police report, an officer saw Allen driving erratically -- including driving on the sidewalk on Lee Hill Drive -- in a Dodge pickup truck that matched the description from the Bustop employees. When the officer turned on his lights, Allen pulled into the parking lot of the Holiday Inn Express, 4777 N. Broadway, but drove over two parking barriers before coming to a stop, the report said.

The report describes Allen as visibly intoxicated and says he failed to complete field maneuvers satisfactorily, though he told officers he hadn't had anything to drink that night. He refused to do a breath or blood test even after an officer told him his license could be revoked for declining the test, the report said.

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According to the report, Allen's truck was equipped with an ignition interlock device that required him to blow into a tube to show he hadn't been drinking before his truck would start. Court records show Allen was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in 2008 and again in 2009. Both times, he pleaded guilty to the lesser offense of driving while ability impaired.

Officers also found a can of compressed air in the inside pocket of the driver's-side door.

Allen told police his truck started without problems and that he did not have another person blow into the device or use the compressed air to trick the machine.

He was booked into the Boulder County Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence, tampering with an interlock device, lane usage violation, violation of a restraining order and violation of bond conditions.

Allen is not allowed to drink alcohol under the bond conditions and the restraining order from the sexual assault case.

Allen had been free on $100,000 bond after being arrested in January on charges of sexual assault, first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault and tampering with evidence. According to a grand jury indictment, Allen met a woman at a bar and offered to walk her home. The next day, the woman's roommate found her naked on her bed with only a sheet covering her. She appeared to have thrown up and to be disoriented.

When the woman was examined at the hospital, she was found to have severe hypoglycemia, most likely from an insulin injection, and to have signs of sexual assault and other injuries, the indictment said.

Allen pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to go to trial in August.

Allen's bond already has been increased to $200,000, and prosecutors have filed a motion to revoke bond in the case. A hearing is scheduled for Thursday morning.

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